Mad Dog Recap PR4

For Immediate Release
Tedeschi Trucks Band Pays Tribute to Joe Cocker with Leon
Russell and original Mad Dogs & Englishmen members Plus
Special Guests at Lockn’ Festival
In addition to the 11-member power of Tedeschi
Trucks Band’s dual drummers and three-piece horn
section, the packed stage included Rita Coolidge,
Claudia Lennear and Pamela Polland
alternating
lead
and
background
vocal
performances, joined by other Mad Dogs alumni
Bobby Torres on percussion and Bobby Jones,
Matthew Moore and Daniel Moore on vocals.
Even original tour photographer Linda Wolf was
on hand to capture the inspired 100-minute tribute,
with the expanded congregation of musicians
performing a slew of classics selected from the Mad
Dogs film and live double album. Capping the
momentous evening was a center stage microphone
and single spotlight to honor Joe Cocker during
“The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen” followed
by a rousing and fitting encore of The Beatles’
“With a Little Help from My Friends,” leaving the
festival crowd as awestruck witnesses to this oncein-a-lifetime event.
Leon Russell, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi,
Claudia Lennear
credit: Stuart Levine
September 16, 2015 - - Tedeschi Trucks Band
paid tribute to the late Joe Cocker by re-creating
the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen
tour with Leon Russell at this past weekend’s
Lockn’ Festival in Arrington, Virginia. Welcoming
original Mad Dogs & Englishmen members as well
as special friends, Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by
guitarist Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist
Susan Tedeschi, headlined a Friday evening set
dedicated to the influential rock and soul collective
that featured a historic gathering of guests Chris
Robinson, Dave Mason, John Bell, Warren
Haynes and Anders Osborne alongside
renowned percussionist Chuck
Blackwell,
keyboardist Chris Stainton and Leon Russell
himself.
Chris Robinson, Susan Tedeschi
Credit: John Patrick Gatta
Derek Trucks, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear,
Pamela Polland, Susan Tedeschi
Encore
The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen
(vocals: Leon Russell)
With A Little Help from My Friends
(lead vocals Susan Tedeschi, Chris Robinson)
Leon Russell
Derek Trucks, Dave Mason, Chris Robinson
Anders Osborne and Warren Haynes
credit: Stuart Levine
The Letter
(lead vocals, Susan Tedeschi)
Darlin’ Be Home Soon
(lead vocals, Susan Tedeschi)
Cry Me A River
(lead vocals, Claudia Lennear)
Girl From the North Country
(lead vocals: Leon Russell & Claudia Lennear)
Dixie Lullaby
(lead vocals: Leon Russell)
Bird On a Wire
(lead vocals: Rita Coolidge)
The Weight
(shared vocals, Pamela Polland, Leon Russell, Rita
Coolidge, Susan Tedeschi, Claudia Lennear)
Superstar
(lead vocals Rita Coolidge)
Delta Lady
(lead vocals: John Bell )
Lets Go Get Stoned
(vocals Susan Tedeschi, Alecia Chakour, Mike
Mattison (TTB), Mark Rivers (TTB)
Something
(lead vocals Doyle Bramhall II)
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
(lead vocals Warren Haynes w/ guitarist Anders
Osborne)
Feelin’ Alright
(lead vocals: Dave Mason w/ guitarist Anders
Osborne)
Sticks & Stones
(lead vocals Chris Robinson)
Space Captain
(lead vocals: Chris Robinson, Susan Tedeschi)
credit: Stuart Levine
SET LIST
Derek Trucks and John Bell
credit: Stuart Levine
© Linda Wolf 2015
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